History Film / TheBestYearsOfOurLives

''The Best Years of Our Lives'' is a 1946 post-war drama directed by Creator/WilliamWyler and starring Creator/FredricMarch, Creator/DanaAndrews, Creator/MyrnaLoy, Creator/TeresaWright, and Harold Russell. It won seven {{Academy Award}}s, including Best Picture of the Year.

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''The Best Years of Our Lives'' is a 1946 post-war drama directed by Creator/WilliamWyler and starring Creator/FredricMarch, Creator/DanaAndrews, Creator/MyrnaLoy, Creator/TeresaWright, Creator/VirginiaMayo, and Harold Russell. It won seven {{Academy Award}}s, including Best Picture of the Year.

''The Best Years of Our Lives'' is a 1946 post-war drama directed by Creator/WilliamWyler and starring Creator/FredricMarch, Dana Andrews, Creator/MyrnaLoy, Creator/TeresaWright, and Harold Russell. It won seven {{Academy Award}}s, including Best Picture of the Year.

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''The Best Years of Our Lives'' is a 1946 post-war drama directed by Creator/WilliamWyler and starring Creator/FredricMarch, Dana Andrews, Creator/DanaAndrews, Creator/MyrnaLoy, Creator/TeresaWright, and Harold Russell. It won seven {{Academy Award}}s, including Best Picture of the Year.

* CatapultNightmare: Fred does this when he has BadDreams of [[ShellShockedVeteran his fellow pilots dying in a bombing raid]].* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Homer and Wilma, having lived [[GirlNextDoor next to another]] since childhood.

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* CatapultNightmare: Fred does this when he has BadDreams of [[ShellShockedVeteran his fellow pilots dying in a bombing raid]].raid.* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Homer and Wilma, having lived [[GirlNextDoor next to another]] another since childhood.

''The Best Years of Our Lives'' is a 1946 post-war drama directed by Creator/WilliamWyler and starring Creator/FredricMarch, Dana Andrews, and Harold Russell. It won seven {{Academy Award}}s, including Best Picture of the Year.

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''The Best Years of Our Lives'' is a 1946 post-war drama directed by Creator/WilliamWyler and starring Creator/FredricMarch, Dana Andrews, Creator/MyrnaLoy, Creator/TeresaWright, and Harold Russell. It won seven {{Academy Award}}s, including Best Picture of the Year.

''The Best Years of Our Lives'' is a 1946 post-war drama directed by Creator/WilliamWyler and starring Frederic March, Dana Andrews, and Harold Russell. It won seven {{Academy Award}}s, including Best Picture of the Year.

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''The Best Years of Our Lives'' is a 1946 post-war drama directed by Creator/WilliamWyler and starring Frederic March, Creator/FredricMarch, Dana Andrews, and Harold Russell. It won seven {{Academy Award}}s, including Best Picture of the Year.

* InadvertentEntranceCue: At the pub, when Fred and Homer discuss Al's whereabout, the latter enters through the door.--> '''Fred''': Oh, Al. He's home in the swankiest apartment house in town. We'll never see him again. [[Cue Al waling in]]

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* InadvertentEntranceCue: At the pub, when Fred and Homer discuss Al's whereabout, whereabouts, the latter enters through the door.--> '''Fred''': Oh, Al. He's home in the swankiest apartment house in town. We'll never see him again. [[Cue ''(Cue Al waling in]]walking in)''

'''''The Best Years of Our Lives''''' is a 1946 post-war drama directed by Creator/WilliamWyler and starring Frederic March, Dana Andrews, and Harold Russell. It won seven {{Academy Award}}s, including Best Picture of the Year.

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'''''The ''The Best Years of Our Lives''''' Lives'' is a 1946 post-war drama directed by Creator/WilliamWyler and starring Frederic March, Dana Andrews, and Harold Russell. It won seven {{Academy Award}}s, including Best Picture of the Year.

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* BittersweetEnding: Although it ends [[spoiler:with Homer marrying his sweetheart and Fred finding another job in town, implying he might be able to find a life with Peggy later on]], all three men acknowledge they will still be struggling over the emotional scars of the war.

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